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needed. That there are
16,000 breveted fliers, and
that it would take ten years to
kill them all off. That we were
in the way, and that he ment
to get rid of most of us.
That the only reason that we
were allowed to train was
because we had been promised
to be trained. But that they
would get rid of us. — This
little speech didn't scare us a
bit. It made us feel that
we had better help the country
out by giving His Highness an
excuse for getting us out
of a very dangerous occupation
We cadets, first lieutenants,
second lieutenants, we all
three were there, were put under